Collected Editions & Reprints

The following is a list of publications that collect more than one issue of Swamp Thing. The list is not exhaustive, and only includes publications in English.

Volume 1

The Original Swamp Thing Saga (1977-1980, DC Comics)
Reprinted as part of the DC Special Series, which ran between 1977-1981. Reprints issues #1-10 in 4 comics, with some original cover art.

Swamp Thing (1982, Tor Books)
Released to coincide with the film release and Vol.2 of the print books. This collects issues #1-3, but only in black & white.
ISBN: 0523490127

Roots of the Swamp Thing (1986, DC Comics)
Published in 5 issues throughout 1986, this reprints issues #1-10 and House Of Secrets #92 (all of the Wein/Wrightson collaborations).

Dark Genesis (1991, DC Comics ; 2002, Vertigo)
First published in 1991, this collects #1-10 and House Of Secrets #92 in one volume. Republished a number of times, most recently by Vertigo in 2002.
ISBN: 1563890445

Secret of the Swamp Thing (2005, DC Comics)
A manga-sized collection, which only includes #1-10.
ISBN: 1401207987

Roots of the Swamp Thing (2009, DC Comics)
The first collection that includes Len Wein’s full run (#1-13, plus House Of Secrets #92). Published a few times since then, in both hardback and paperback. Includes an introduction by Len Wein.
ISBN: 1401222366 (hbk. 2009)
ISBN: 1401232876(pbk. 2012)

Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2017, DC Comics)
This huge book collects House Of Secrets #92, the whole first series (#1-24), and the beginning of the second series up until Alan Moore’s run (#1-19) including Annual #1 (the film tie-in). Most of these issues had not previously been published in a trade paperback.
ISBN: 1401273785

Bernie Wrightson: Artifact Edition (2017, IDW)
A large-scale hardcover book featuring the artwork of Bernie Wrightson. Not a complete collection, but includes many un-inked or un-coloured pages of art from each of the Wrightson issues of Swamp Thing, plus House Of Secrets #92. It also includes covers and other artwork related to Swamp Thing.
ISBN: 1684052114

Swamp Thing (1987-1990, DC Comics)
DC published 2 books in the late 80s that collected some of the early Moore issues in colour, specifically #21-34 and Annual #2. These were titled ‘Saga of the Swamp Thing’ and ‘Love and Death’.

Swamp Thing (1987-1990, Warner Books)
Warner Books published the same collection but with a different cover images.

Swamp Thing (1998-2006, DC/Vertigo)
By the late 1990s, Vertigo were reprinting the DC Alan Moore collections. However, they didn’t stop with the first 2 books and continued publishing the complete Alan Moore run, most of which had only been available in the black & white Titan editions. Books 7-9 also collected much of the Rick Veitch run for the first and only time to date. In total, these 9 books collected Annuals #2-3 and issues #21-81 (up to the beginning of the time travel arc that culminated in Veitch’s departure).
ISBN: 1401202675 (bk. 7)
ISBN: 1401207936 (bk. 8)
ISBN: 1401210082 (bk. 9)

There was also an oversize Deluxe Edition book released in 2015 which collects #0-18, Annual #1, and Animal Man #12 & #17 (the same issues as the first three trade paperback collections).
ISBN: 1401258700